CCB Fall Workshop on Biological Timing

November 9, 2023

15th floor, Seventh College, West Tower 1, UC San Diego


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Registration is free but is required to attend. The venue has an occupancy limit; we will close registration when we reach capacity.


This year's Fall Workshop will include a variety of speakers (Staff Scientists, postdocs, & PhD students).

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Schedule & Participants

Join us at 8:30 am for breakfast.

9:00am - Opening Remarks

Michael McCarthy
Associate Professor,
Psychiatry,
UC San Diego

Session 1 - (9:00 am - 10-20 am)
Moderator

Joshua Chevez
PhD Candidate,
J. Pruneda-Paz lab,
UC San Diego

9:05 am - 9:20 am

Emmet Francis
Postdoc, P. Rangamani lab,
UC San Diego

Talk: Computational modeling of mechanotransduction-
mediated entrainment of circadian oscillations

9:20 am - 9:35

Mingxu Fang
Postdoc, S. Golden lab,
UC San Diego

Talk: Circadian gene expression in vitro

9:35 am - 9:50 am

Haylie Romero
PhD student, P. Desplats lab,
UC San Diego

Talk: Spatial transcriptomics identifies
disrupted circadian gene expression in a
mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

9:50 am - 10:05 am

Terry Lin
Postdoc, S. Panda lab,
Salk Institute

Talk: Influence of the estrous cycle on daily
biological rhythms

10:05 am - 10:20 am

Rebecca Mello
PhD Student, K. Lamia lab,
Scripps Research

Talk: BMAL1-HIF2a heterodimers contribute
to clear cell renal cell carcinoma
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           BREAK
10:20 am - 10:40 am
Session 2 - (10:40 am - 12-00 pm)
Moderator

Stephany Flores-Ramos
PhD Candidate, A. Zarrinpar lab,
UC San Diego

10:45 am - 11:00 am

Alex Neitz
PhD Student, H. de la Iglesia lab,
University of Washington

Talk: SCN-VIP neurons undergo a daily
cycle of retraction and growth

11:00 am - 11:15 am

Laura van Rosmalen
Postdoc, S. Panda lab,
Salk Institute

Talk: Energy balance drives diurnal and
nocturnal brain transcriptome rhythms

11:15 am - 11:30 am

Jennifer Burns
Postdoc, C. McClung lab,
University of Pittsburgh

Talk: Cell-type specific investigation of
rhythms in the mouse prefrontal cortex

11:30 am - 11:45 am

Amulya Lingaraju
Postdoc, A. Zarrinpar lab,
UC San Diego

Talk: Microbial bile acid biotransformations
promote obstructive sleep apnea-associated
atherosclerosis

11:45 am - 12:00 pm

Ceazar Nave
Postdoc, J. Donlea lab,
UC Los Angeles

Talk: Sleeping to survive: Elevated sleep
need in stress-resilient Drosophila species
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    LUNCH BREAK
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Session 3 - (1:00 9m - 2-00 pm)
Moderator

Amir Zarrinpar
CCB Associate Director,
Associate Professor,
Medicine,
UC San Diego

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Emily Manoogian
Staff Scientist, S. Panda lab,
Salk Institute

Talk: Effects of time-restricted eating on
cardiometabolic risk factors in shift workers
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Networking & Happy Hour!
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm 
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Registration

Registration

 

Register here

Registration is free but is required to attend. The venue has an occupancy limit; we will close registration when we reach capacity.

Organizing Subcommittee:

  • Amir Zarrinpar (CCB Associate Director, Gastroenterology, UC San Diego)
  • Jose Pruneda-Paz (CCB Exec Comm., Cell and Developmental Biology, UC San Diego)
  • Ben Smarr (CCB Exec Comm., Bioengineering and Halicioglu Data Science Institute, UC San Diego)
  • Karen Tonsfeldt (Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, UC San Diego)
  • Pattie Stoughton (CCB Research Administrator, UC San Diego)
For additional information, please contact:

Pattie Stoughton
Research Administrator
Center for Circadian Biology
University of California, San Diego
E-mail: patties@ucsd.edu

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